Frankly, this writer could care less about legalized marijuana. That is by way of disclosure before commenting on former Toronto police boss Bill Blair taking over the pot file for Justin Trudeau and the Liberals. We suppose that if you really want something screwed up, giving it to Bill Blair to implement might be the second best option.
Bill Blair is not just the new Member of Parliament for Scarborough Southwest. Blair is the Liberal successor to MP Tom Wappel who was the anti-gay, pro-life and sometimes anti-immigration embarrassment to the Liberal Party for many years. We always assumed that the people from that corner of Scarborough did not have particularly high standards. It was why we thought it was just Justin Trudeau’s sense of humour when he proposed Bill Blair for that electoral district.
It is important to remember that Bill Blair was the boss cop in Toronto on the weekend of the G-20 in Toronto in June 2010. In that position, he allowed and obviously condoned the actions of his augmented forces to desecrate the rights and freedoms of Canadians.
Blair was never charged. One of his underlings took the fall for the disgraceful kettling of innocent bystanders and lost five days pay. It was a failure of justice in Canada akin to the Winnipeg General Strike events of 1919.
But when it comes to legalizing marijuana, Bill Blair is a bad choice as implementer. He tells reporters that he knows nothing about marijuana and has never even tried it. His only experience with it was in arresting people for possession. If he was just a good administrator, he might be useful if he had a lot of experts to help him. He never proved that when he had more than 5000 cops reporting to him.
What Blair left behind him was an out-of-control, over-paid police force hiding behind their police union. By the time Blair left the force, Torontonians were afraid of them. They were too busy carding people to serve and protect.
Blair is also predisposed to go along with Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne who has said she wants the marijuana franchise in Ontario for the Liquor Control Board of Ontario. She seems to want it as an excuse to continue fighting off the people who want the LCBO privatized. She has little understanding where that will leave the provinces that have wisely gotten out of the liquor business. They might confuse the former Toronto cop.
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